xxii, 339 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. A brief history of canon law -- 2. Book V of the Code of canon law -- 3. Public juridic persons -- 4. Dioceses and parishes -- 5. Religious institutes -- 6. Canonical obligations of faith and administration -- 7. Canonical stewards -- 8. The duties of canonical stewards -- 9. Ecclesiastical property -- 10. Alienation -- 11. Permission to alienate or convey -- 12. The relationship of canon and civil law -- 13. The nonprofit corporation -- 14. Diocesan and parish corporations -- 15. The incorporation of religious institutes -- 16. The relationship of civil law corporations to public juridic persons -- 17. The legal structure of incorporated apostolates -- 18. Ancillary corporate powers -- 19. The ecclesiology of corporate control -- 20. The multicorporate form -- 21. Corporate restructuring -- 22. Piercing the corporate veil -- 23. Ownership, control, and sponsorship -- 24. Types of sponsorship -- 25. A corporate statement of religious mission -- 26. The relationship of trustees, members, and sponsor -- 27. The role of the laity in church-related corporations -- 28. Canonical concerns in bonding agreements -- 29. Canonical concerns in lease/management agreements -- 30. Divestiture -- Conclusion -- Book V of the Code of canon law : On the church's temporal goods -- Lexicon of canonical and legal terms

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